Rocker Oysterfeller's Restaurant - Valley Ford

Rocker Oysterfeller's (Rockers) is a hotel, bar and restaurant surrounded by golden hills and
working ranches in a fly speck of a town on Highway One.

Walking into
Rockers
is like stepping back into an old western saloon, with wide-open
windows (instead of dusty shutters) letting in the soft coastal light.

Come
casual to this fine dining experience and relax in the most friendly bar for miles
around.

The floor plan
is open and airy and the welcoming bar room is beautiful, with bits of local
paraphernalia around, wine cork art, lavender sprigs in old vases, etc.

There is ample room at the bar and two tallish tables for parties who want
to mingle but not mix.

The atmosphere is friendly
and help is attentive, guessing right when you might need your drink
refreshed.

The two
tallish long tables (mentioned above) are works of craft themselves.

One comes fashioned with a top of creamy-colored upended oyster
shells, chunks of rock salt and coral colored polished cement all
blended together, and the other incorporates pieces of wine
bottles in the design, plus chunks of colored glass against a
cobalt-blue, cement swirl.

Both are lovely.

Few things compare to sitting with friends and
eating some of the most beautifully-delicious food you've ever had in your
life in what feels like a saloon decorated by Woody Allen. It makes you feel
beautiful and feeling beautiful is good, Woody.

Happy Hour at Rockers Oysterfeller's arrives on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday nights
and consists of fair deals on good fare.

Wednesday brings you 25 cent wings, Thursdays
you will find a discount on local oysters and Friday nights deliver the best 3-dollar fish tacos
we've found.

I've made a pledge to return there every Friday for as long as I live.

The tacos are
presented on fresh corn tortillas with a generous hunk of perfectly cooked
fish amid confetti strings of orange, red, light green and white
cabbages and veggies of every kind, including artfully sliced jalapenos,
with a trickle of mystery white sauce.

When you roll it all together it
tastes like a classic Baja fish taco, but with a Northern California
sensibility. Portions are just big enough, and every mouthful turns perfection
into sounds of pleasure.

We also
tried the jalapeno corn muffins which were only passable.

Then we sat back to enjoy
the evening with our friends.

Kelly Tyre Rating:Three
Tyres (Get there as soon as you can!)

For more information on
Rocker's happy hour, contact them at (707) 876-1983.